... no crashing waves on the cliffs below us. We walked around to the other side of the city, where the Aquarium is. We made a quick detour for lunch, having some fantastic fish and chips in a place that I believe was called the boathouse (or something along those lines). Very small but great food and lovely atmosphere/decorations. The aquarium itself was less spectacular than I had hoped. There were a lot ...

Sarah awoke way before the two alarms we had set and made the wake tea then into the shower, got dressed and when both of us were ready we locked up our room and again across the road to get the shuttle bus to Gatwick. It was then we met our first Hurtigruten travellers a couple of ladies from Jersey! We think travelling companions they also were up much early than expected. A short trip to the airport and we are then in search of ...

Bob picked us up on time ready to go to St David's station where we had a lovely latte and Olaf made a quick appearance to have his photo taken. The train was on time and so our adventure begins...... We arrived at Reading and it was wifely off one train, swap platforms and right onto the train going to Gatwick. All on time and now the next stop would be the airport. We got to Gatwick and decided to maybe walk to the hotel but making our way out of the South Terminal we ...

... our final destination from which we will both fly onwards our separate ways.

I hope then that you will follow me and Rach on our exciting journey and enjoy reading about what we get up to. I think I will aim to post weekly entries, so if you want to keep up to date, save this page away in your favourites or keep an eye on my facebook page where I will try and post a link.